Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1148: Chapter 677: Faces of the Masses (Part 3)

The young man took a deep breath and then stepped forward.

In front of him was a desolate wilderness and the stars; the vast galaxy overhead was extraordinarily brilliant and magnificent.

The young man stepped back into the door: “Mission accomplished… I was really afraid I’d open the Key of Gate to the Fourth District Romantic Street… Next one, please!”

The Kunlun organization gifted the Parents’ Meeting five Eyes of Truth, granting them five opportunities to open the Key of Gate.

Ten minutes passed, and four out of the five doors opened to the same location, indicating their success!

All family members felt immense pressure because they knew they bore the responsibility for countless lives.

At this moment, more than forty family members streamed through the Key of Gate, seemingly preparing something on the other side.

The young man removed the iron door with a knife: “Alright, carry the door downstairs, and start organizing the evacuation of the residents from the Third District.”

“How should we persuade them?” Qing Shuli asked curiously. “Should I prepare some talking points?”

Although Qing Shuli had become a Golden Family Member and was in City 10, Luo Wanya hadn’t taken him to the island, so he didn’t know the specific arrangements.

In the darkness, someone in the corridor lit a torch, and the young man laughed: “The question you’re asking me, I’ve asked the parent too. I remember clearly, the parent looked at me with disdain and asked: Are you some law-abiding citizen? Have you forgotten your identity?”

The young man continued, “That’s when I realized… yeah, I’m a member of the association. Although we’re collecting protection fees and reorganizing the Third District for good deeds, it’s only because of our deterrent power that we can push forward those good deeds, isn’t it? Now, we’re going to continue being the brutal members of the association!”

Intimidating those residents to leave is better than letting them stay here and die.

The association’s identity is the Parents’ Meeting’s camouflage when dealing with ordinary residents. Perhaps the residents won’t understand what the Parents’ Meeting is doing, but as long as they’re afraid, it’s enough.

At this time, 120 liaison officers from the Parents’ Meeting had ridden out on diesel motorcycles under the cover of darkness to gather family members scattered across various corners of City 10.

If it weren’t for the vast expansion, the Parents’ Meeting’s scale would be even larger.

One must know that City 10 and City 18 are the strongholds of the Parents’ Meeting, serving as its heart for outside expansion and resource supply.

The Parents’ Meeting’s vision to flourish everywhere relies heavily on the talent flow from these two cities.

The family members here aren’t ordinary; they are no different from trainers.

Those family members who ventured out from these two cities enjoy higher status.

Now, some family members quickly set up sandbag fortifications on the edge of the Third District and used construction-grade quick-drying concrete to quickly fill and block all sewers.

Another group of family members moved out the weapons and medicines they had accumulated over time.

The remaining group, including the young man, carried the four Keys of Gate, splitting into four groups, storming into four buildings with a menacing spirit, driving everyone downstairs.

The young man fired several shots into the sky downstairs, terrifying the residents who had been driven down, causing them to tremble.

The young man laughed wildly: “No one is allowed to sleep, search every household, and carry your food with you through the gate.”

The residents were surprised; the young man and those Parent Association Members looked completely different from before.

Previously, the family members were fierce but amicable to ordinary residents; however, now each had a ferocious expression.

In the crowd, someone whispered: “I knew the association couldn’t be that good; they were just pretending before, now they reveal their true colors!”

“What are they up to, why are they making us go through the gate, are they planning to sell us somewhere collectively?”

The young man heard their words but didn’t react: “Stop stalling, form two lines, and go through the gate two by two. If anyone dares to walk slowly, I’ll break their legs! Move it!”

Parents’ Meeting members menacingly waved daggers, forcing residents to go through, as if any hint of hesitation would invite knives and guns.

The family members showed no courtesy; should any men start cursing, they got a swift kick.

At this moment, a middle-aged couple led a young girl over in a nervous state. The young man brightened up and pulled out some candy from his pocket: “Xiao Xia, have some candy.”

This was a little girl he had just met in the Third District, very cute. At a young age, she was motivated to join the Parent Association to help the Third District residents and punish evil…

However, Xiao Xia, who used to smile sweetly upon seeing him, suddenly started crying. As she walked towards the Key of Gate, she said, “Uncle, I don’t like you.”

The young man froze, slowly closing his hand, watching the little girl’s tears fall, feeling a deep pain.

Xiao Xia’s parents quickly covered her mouth, trying to take the little girl away before the young man got angry.

But the young man softly said, as he watched their backs disappearing into the Key of Gate, “I’m sorry.”

The next moment, he snarled at the residents again: “Move faster! Is someone trying to dawdle and die here?”

On the other side of the Key of Gate, the residents from the Third District expected to see scenes of Purgatory.

Contrarily, upon entering, they slid down a ‘slide’ from a slope, where family members helped them up and then the next one coming out of the Key of Gate.

Those family members who entered the Key of Gate first had the task of digging a slide on the slope outside the Key of Gate to receive the residents.

This was the method Qing Chen instructed, greatly enhancing the efficiency of passage.

At the end of the slide stood a sign: “Greetings to all residents. We’re from the Parent Association. We apologize for disturbing you so abruptly. There’s no other way. City 10 is facing a terrifying disaster, a biological contamination event orchestrated by the Jindai Consortium. It has caused all the rats in the city to mutate, and the power outage and explosion tonight are related. Therefore, we had no choice but to evacuate everyone. Everything will be clear in 24 hours. Please remain calm and wait here temporarily, and later, someone will bring water and supplies… Parent Association.”

Beneath the explanatory sign was someone had drawn a heart and smiley face.

The residents were dumbfounded for a moment.

There was no black market merchant buying them, nor were there association members intimidating them further, just an endless expanse of wilderness.

Four doors, four slides, continuously transporting people out without pause.

Family members on the Key of Gate side, after receiving the residents, stopped managing them any further due to the lack of manpower.

… This scene was completely different from their imagination!

Some residents wanted to run, but recalling their recent interactions with the Parent Association, they involuntarily halted.

This is the foundation of trust.

This is the reward the Parents’ Meeting received after their efforts.

Xiao Xia, unable to read, had her parents read the sign’s words to her; the little girl immediately burst into tears, wanting to go back and find the uncle.

Her parents comforted her: “It’s alright, after this is over, we will apologize to the uncle, okay?”

Xiao Xia nodded vigorously: “Okay.”

In the Third District, a family member watching the outside street suddenly shouted: “The rat swarm is coming!”

In their view, countless rats crawled out from the street drains outside the Third District, prying open manholes and surging out like a tide.

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A chapter of 5,500 words, another chapter before 11 p.m.